October 26, 2017
October 15, 2017
Members of the Irvington High School Positive Impact Club held an awareness campaign during homecoming weekend and asked students and teachers to pledge to make healthy and responsible decisions.
“The goal of the project was to demonstrate that many of our teens are choosing to make healthy and responsible choices as well as bring awareness to unhealthy and risky decision-making that can take place,” said Jennifer Nunziato, student assistance counselor and advisor of the Positive Impact Club.
As the student assistance counselor, Nunziato works to enhance positive and healthy decision-making, as well as reduce the factors that put students at risk for alcohol and other drug use. During the campaign, she and her students collected more than 300 pledges from students, who pledged to treat others with compassion, empathy and kindness, to never drink and drive, and to make healthy choices when spending time with their peers.
In exchange for a pledge, the students received a green Irvington bulldog rally towel, sponsored by the Irvington About Safe Kids coalition. iASK is a coalition that represents all sectors of the community — parents, students, educators, law enforcement officials, medical professionals, business people and more — and works to motivate youth to make healthy, happy and responsible decisions.
Source: Irvington UFSD
October 11, 2017
iASK-CAB welcomed approximately 125 attendees to its September 27th presentation – Drugs & Alcohol Use: An Irvington Perspective. This event was the first of several community conversations that will be presented this school year. The presentation is now available for viewing and we hope you will add your voice to the important conversation about the health and safety of our youth.
Allyson Felix & Tanya Hunt
iASK-CAB Co-Chairs
October 1, 2017
What is binge drinking? Is it bad for you?
Binge-drinking is having five or more alcoholic drinks in a row or on one occasion. Some teenagers think of binge-drinking and getting drunk as a ‘rite of passage’. They might do it on special occasions such as 16th and 18th birthdays, school graduations or at homecoming week. Some teenagers binge-drink more often than that. Learn more.
October 1, 2017
Homecoming is an annual celebration. But each year on Homecoming, teens can be exposed to drinking, pre-gaming, parties and pep rallies – and the pressure to fit in.
Learn how to talk to your teen about growing up safely by visiting Power to the Parent for more information.